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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

We had some friends staying with us this weekend from Minneapolis area. You know that if you're a guest at my house I am going to make you a healthy treat. We all wanted something with a touch of chocolate. Chocolate orange sounded pretty good on Saturday evening, so I made an almond flour loaf with orange zest and dark chocolate chips. I wanted to make a coffee frosting for it using coconut butter, but to be honest it was so late when we finally ate the bread that I didn't feel like melting down the coconut butter and whipping it with coffee. (I still think it would be an amazing pairing!) Instead I opened a can of coconut milk and scooped out the fluffy white cream solids from the surface. Save the separated oil in the fridge for a smoothie later. To the coconut cream solids, stir in some stevia, cinnamon, and vanilla and you're good to go! It makes a yummy sauce to drizzle over your slices of bread. Eat them with a fork and a nice cup of tea!

Hi! It'd be about a half cup of xylitol or a couple pinches of pure stevia. Maybe 1/4-1/2 tsp pure stevia powder. If you have liquid stevia, add it a drop or two at a time then taste the batter for sweetness. Continue til you reach desired sweetness level.